Product Manager - Soudal USA
Glendale, KY 42701
About the Job
Company Overview
Soudal is Europe's largest independent manufacturer of Sealants, Adhesives and PU foams, with globally more than 4000 employees, group sales exceeding 1.4 billion USD and over 25 production sites on five continents. This 100% Belgian family-owned business has grown into a global player and expert in chemical products and solutions for construction, retail and industry.
Job Description
Soudal is currently seeking an enthusiastic, team-oriented Product Manager. Product Marketing Manager straddle the boundary between product, marketing, and sales, emphasizing the importance of market strategies, and product launches within the world of product management.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develops strategic and tactical plans on new business and product development for the designated product range.
- Estimates market size and growth, as well as additional focus markets, through appropriate data.
- Provides management with market value estimates, conditions and economic market forecasts.
- Determines product requirements and works with sales and R&D toward implementation.
- Prioritizes new product opportunities and recommends development plans.
- Surveys present and projected needs of customer, working closely with sales and R&D; setting plan for penetration of existing market or new markets with existing or new products.
- Assists marketing/sales in the direction/focus for the development and execution of sales promotion and advertising plans, including support literature.
- Ensure sales plans, strategies, objectives and policies have strong alignment with our broad marketing objectives.
- Reviews markets on a regular basis and provides written analysis of market share and competitive strategies.
- Based on field input, write marketing product specifications for the most effective product solutions for each unique market.
- Product, financial, and strategic planning of assigned industrial product line(s), including financial justifications of new products and programs.
- Manage product revenue, margins, and profitability by increasing market share, controlling product costs, and establishing maximum market-based product pricing.
- Develop sales training materials for all channels.
- Identify and target key competition, globally and geography.
- Could be responsible for implementing product launches globally.
- Fosters relationships with customers and end-users; understands product requirements as well as build in-depth customer/product understanding.
Qualifications:
- Strong entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
- Result oriented and an achiever
- Strong drive showing lot of energy and enthusiasm who can persist
- Able to lead, supervise, and build an adequate team
- Strategic thinker who never loses a hands-on mentality
- Strong analytical thinking
- Problem solving to meet deadlines and handling pressure
- Can work intercultural and able to manage different project teams.
- Minimum bachelor's degree in chemistry, polymer science or related field
- Preferred master's degree in sales, business administration/management, marketing or related field.
- 5 to 8 years of experience in project management/development/marketing
- Candidate must adhere to all safety processes/procedures
Company Benefits
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Dental insurance
- Vision
- Long Term Disability
- Life insurance
- Vacation Time
- Sick Time
- 11 Paid Holidays
Soudal is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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Source : Soudal USA